Installing Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS

The product code for Web Server Plug-ins for IBM® WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS® Version 8 is installed using IBM Installation Manager.

Before you begin

For transitioning users For transitioning users: In WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 7 and earlier, the Web server plug-in for IBM HTTP Server (IHS/390) was located in the bin directory of the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS base product. In Version 8, both Web server plug-ins are in the bin directory of the Web Server Plug-ins product file system. Update any IHS/390 configurations to point to the new location for Version 8.trns

Create an Installation Manager on your z/OS system. You will need to know the location of the binaries directory for the Installation Manager and have access to a user ID that can invoke the Installation Manager.

Obtain the product repository for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 8. The following instructions assume that the repository is mounted at /usr/lpp/InstallationManagerRepository/HBBO800. The repository can be mounted read-only.

Procedure

  1. Choose an installation location for this copy of Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 8.

    This copy of the product must be mounted at this location every time Installation Manager accesses it to install, uninstall, or modify it. This does not have to be the same location at which the product will be mounted when used in production.

    Installation Manager requires that every installed product or group of products have its own installation location. Do not install the Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS into a location used by any other product.

  2. Mount an empty file system read/write at this location.
    It will require a minimum of 1,000 tracks (3390) or 50 megabytes. Set the ownership for the file system to that of the Installation Manager user ID, and set the permissions to allow group-write if it will be access by a group-mode Installation Manager. For example:
    chown IMADMIN:IMGROUP /usr/lpp/zWebSphere_Plugins/V8R0
    
    chmod 775 /usr/lpp/zWebSphere_Plugins/V8R0
    You can use the zCreateFileSystem.sh script in the eclipse/tools subdirectory of the Installation Manager binaries location to create this file system. For example:
    cd /InstallationManager/bin/eclipse/tools
    
    zCreateFileSystem.sh -name WAS.V80.SIWOHFS -type ZFS
      -megabytes 50 10 -volume PRV005
      -mountpoint /usr/lpp/zWebSphere_Plugins/V8R0
      -owner IMADMIN -group IMGROUP

    You can use sample job BBO3CFS in the SBBOJCL dataset to allocate and mount this file system.

  3. Log in to the Unix System Services shell under the Installation Manager user ID, and change the directory to the eclipse/tools subdirectory of the Installation Manager binaries location.
    For example:
    cd /InstallationManager/bin/eclipse/tools
  4. Verify that the product repository is available.
    You do this by issuing the following Installation Manager command-line command.
    imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories path_to_repository
    For example:
    imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories /usr/lpp/InstallationManagerRepository/HBBO800
    You should see one or more levels of the Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 8 offering, com.ibm.websphere.PLG.zOS.v80.
  5. Read the product license, which can be found in the lafiles subdirectory of the product repository.
  6. Run the Installation Manager command-line tool to install the Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS product.
    imcl install com.ibm.websphere.PLG.zOS.v80
      -installationDirectory installation_location
      -repositories repository_location 
      -sharedResourcesDirectory shared_data_location 
      -acceptLicense
    

    The -sharedResourcesDirectory parameter points to a directory in which Installation Manager will store artifacts from the repository during installation processing. This value is set the first time a product is installed with a particular Installation Manager. This directory should have at least 30,000 tracks of free space. You can omit this parameter after the shared resources directory has been set.

    By specifying -acceptLicense, you accept the terms of the product license. The relevant terms and conditions, notices, and other information are provided in the license-agreement files in the lafiles or product_name/lafiles subdirectory of the installation image or repository for this product.

    You can use sample job BBO3INST in the SBBOJCL dataset to perform the product installation.

  7. Product installation is complete when the Installation Manager completes without error messages.

    Logs for the installation can be found in the logs subdirectory of the Installation Manager runtime data location.

  8. When product installation is complete, unmount the product file system and remount it read-only for use by WebSphere Application Server nodes and servers.

What to do next

You can now install other WebSphere Application Server components or configure an application-serving environment for Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.




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